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REPOST: Russian court orders remand for Greenpeace activists

9/26/2013

 
Thirty Greenpeace activities could face formal charges of piracy because of their protest in the Pechora Sea last September 18. Read more of the details about this issue in this Yahoo! News.com:

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Moscow, Sep 27 (IANS/EFE) A Russian court Thursday began remanding 30 Greenpeace activists who protested against plans for oil production in the Arctic.

"In my hands, I have the documents that confirm that 10 have already been remanded in custody for two months. They're citizens of Russia, France, Turkey, Poland, Sweden, Canada and New Zealand," said Greenpeace Russia's Anton Beneslavski.

The US citizen who skippered the Arctic Sunrise icebreaker was among those remanded, other sources said.

The court must still decide whether the remaining activists will be released or held pending a piracy investigation.

All 30 could face formal charges of piracy for their Sep 18 protest in the Pechora Sea, in the southeastern portion of the Barents Sea, although Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week that the activists are not pirates.

After several of the Greenpeace members tried to board a drilling platform operated by Russian state energy titan Gazprom, the Arctic Sunrise was seized last Thursday by the Russian coast guard and its crew members were detained.

"We have sufficient legal basis for appealing all the actions taken by the Russian authorities in this process," Beneslavski said.

"Violence was not employed during the protest. There was no assault nor illegal seizure of another's property, and also no attempt to take control of the (platform)," Greenpeace Russia said.

Meanwhile, Russia is facing international calls to release the activists, with the Netherlands, where the environmental watchdog is based, saying it was not ruling out resorting to other legal avenues if Moscow does not respond promptly to its request.

Gazprom claims the Greenpeace action endangered the health and lives of workers on the Prirazlomnaya oil platform.

Greenpeace says Gazprom's plans to begin oil production with that platform in the first quarter of 2014 increase the risk of an oil spill in an area that contains three natural reserves protected by Russian law.

--IANS/EFE

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REPOST: 3 more oil spills from flooding found in Colorado

9/24/2013

 
Read about the ongoing issue on oil spills in Colorado from this TheState.com new article.

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DENVER — More spills are emerging from a Colorado oil patch ravaged by flooding as soggy conditions continue to hamper attempts to inspect the damage.

Three new spills were reported Tuesday: 5,100 gallons of oil from a Noble Energy facility east of Kersey, 2,500 gallons from a PDC Energy location east of Greeley and an unknown volume from a Mineral Resources operation west of LaSalle.

State officials are now tracking 11 "notable" releases from the Wattenberg oil patch along the South Platte River in Weld County.

The amount of crude spilled totals at least 34,500 gallons, or about 822 barrels. The volumes of two releases are still unknown.

Industry representatives have said 1,900 oil and gas wells were shut down across northern Colorado because of flooding. About 600 wells have since re-opened.

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